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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The New York Yankees acquired infielder&amp;nbsp;Gregorio&amp;nbsp;Petit in a trade with the Houston Astros on Wednesday in exchange for cash considerations.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Petit, 30, hit .278 with two home runs and nine RBI in 37 games for the Astros last season. At Houston's spring training, he was hitting .310 (9-for-29) in 18 Grapefruit League contests.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\u2022 Who are you again? Six unfamiliar names to know for Opening Day&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[daily_cut.mlb]Petit also appeared in 25 games for the Oakland Athletics in 2008 and 2009. Over his 62 career MLB games, Petit is a .278 hitter with two home runs and 10 RBI in 156 plate appearances.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After signing with the Oakland Athletics in 2001 as an amateur free agent, the Venezuelan has had stints with five Major League teams.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Yankees also announced on Wednesday that shortstop Brendan Ryan has a Grade 2 right calf strain and is expected to begin the season on the disabled list.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\u2022 Pirates OF Andrew McCutchen says he's fine after exiting game early&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Yankees will begin the season next Monday against the Toronto Blue Jays in New York.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Mike Fiammetta&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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